Symbolic Interactionism
This theory emphasizes that people develop a sense of self through what kind of social process?
What are "Shared Symbols?"
This theory examines how people respond when this happens in interaction.
What is "expectations are violated?"
This theory explains how relationships grow through this process.
What is "self-disclosure?"
Charles Berger’s theory says that when meeting someone new, we want to reduce this.
What is "uncertainty?"
This theory says relationships are shaped by ongoing dialectical __________.
What are "tensions?"
George Herbert Mead’s idea that we see ourselves as others see us is called this.
What is the “Looking-Glass Self.”
Expectancies are shaped by three factors: context, relationship, and this.
What is "communication characteristics?"
Altman and Taylor compared personality to this multi-layered object.
What is "an onion?"
One method of reducing uncertainty is by passively watching someone. Another is asking others about them. What’s the third?
What are interactive strategies? (directly asking them)"
One main tension in RDT is between integration and this.
What is "separation?"
Symbolic Interactionism claims reality is not objective, but instead this.
What is "socially constructed?"
In EVT, whether a violation is seen as positive or negative depends partly on this value of the violator.
What is the "reward valence?"
Self-disclosure consists of the two dimensions of depth and _________.
What is "breadth?"
The more people communicate, the less uncertain they become—this is one of Berger’s famous ___.
What are "axioms?"
Another tension is between expression and ___.
What is "privacy?"
In SI, the ability to imagine how others view us is often called this perspective-taking role.
What is "taking the role of the other?"
According to EVT, this term describes the invisible boundary people expect others not to cross.
What is "personal space?"
According to SPT, rapid self-disclosure at the beginning of a relationship will eventually do this.
What is "slow down?"
This is the newest of the four uncertainty reducing methods whereby we find out about others by searching online.
What is "extractive?"
This third core tension involves balancing stability with ___.
What is "change?"
This concept refers to how society influences individual meaning-making through shared language.
What is the "generalized other?"
Judee Burgoon’s theory is part of which larger communication perspective—objective or interpretive?
What is "objective?"
SPT argues that too much disclosure too soon can cause what outcome?
What is "withdrawal or relational discomfort?"
According to URT, the three motives we feel to reduce uncertainty are anticipation of future interaction, incentive value, and this.
What is "deviance?"
Baxter describes the fleeting moments when opposites are resolved beautifully, called _____________.
What is the "aesthetic moment?"